Portrait of a Woman
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions69.9 x 57.2 cm (27 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Susan Greene Dexter in memory of Charles and Martha Babcock Amory
Accession number25.102
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceLansdowne collection [see note 1]. About 1870, purchased in Boston by Charles Amory (b. 1808 - d. 1898) and Martha Babcock Greene Amory (b. 1813 - d. 1881), Boston [see note 2]; by inheritance to their daughter, Susan Greene Amory (Mrs. Franklin) Dexter (b. 1840 - d. 1924), Boston; 1925, bequest of Susan Greene Dexter to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 24, 1925)
NOTES: [1] A label on the back of the painting identifies the work as "Miss Fanny Dwight" by Copley, coming from the Lansdowne collection. [2] Martha Greene Amory was John Singleton Copley's granddaughter.
NOTES: [1] A label on the back of the painting identifies the work as "Miss Fanny Dwight" by Copley, coming from the Lansdowne collection. [2] Martha Greene Amory was John Singleton Copley's granddaughter.
Unidentified artist, Flemish, first half 18th century
Unidentified artist, Flemish, first half 18th century
Unidentified artist, Flemish, first half 18th century
Unidentified artist, Flemish, first half 18th century
Unidentified artist, British, 18th century or first quarter 19th century
between 1778–87
Unidentified artist, British, 18th century or first quarter 19th century
18th century or first quarter 19th century
Unidentified artist, British, 18th century or first quarter 19th century
Unidentified artist, Spanish, second half 18th century
Unidentified artist, French, second half 18th century
Unidentified artist, French, second half 18th century
Unidentified artist, French, second half 18th century
Unidentified artist, French, second half 18th century